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Preliminary multifactor productivity trends, 2009: “In 2009, multifactor productivity grew at an annual rate of 0.7 percent in the private nonfarm business sector and 0.8 percent in the private business sector. In both sectors these were the largest gains in multifactor productivity since 2005.” Related postings on financial system
WSJ: Shell-Shocked Dog of War Finds a Home With the Family of a Fallen Hero: “Gunner, a bomb-sniffing dog mustered out of the Marines for canine post-traumatic stress disorder, has found a new home with Deb and Dan Dunham, whose Marine son died in Iraq protecting the men beside him. With patience and a red-rubber …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today proposed revisions to the guidance that it gives marketers to help them avoid making misleading environmental claims. The proposed changes are designed to update the Guides and make them easier for companies to understand and use. The changes to the Green Guides include new guidance on marketers use …
Latinos and the 2010 Elections: Strong Support for Democrats; Weak Voter Motivation, by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center “In a year when support for Democratic candidates has eroded, the party’s standing among one key voting group-Latinos-appears as strong as ever. Two-thirds (65%) of Latino registered voters say they plan to support the …
Follow up to previous postings on high speed rail in America, this new report from Amtrak: A Vision for High-Speed Rail in the Northeast Corridor, September 2010 “This report presents a possible concept for Next-Gen High-Speed Rail in the NEC (Northeast Corridor), with new dedicated high-speed rail alignments, stations and equipment that can provide significant …
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Chinas Steel Industry and Its Impact on the United States: Issues for Congress, Rachel Tang, Analyst in Industrial Organization and Business, September 21, 2010 “Chinas steel industry has grown significantly since the mid-1990s. China is now the worlds largest steelmaker and steel consumer. In 2009, China produced over 567 million tons of crude steel, nearly …
Preventable Error: A Report on Prosecutorial Misconduct in California 19972009, by Kathleen M. Ridolfi and Maurice Possley “To more fully document the scope of the problem, the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) engaged in a comprehensive analysis of publicly available cases of prosecutorial misconduct in California, reviewing more than 4,000 state and federal appellate rulings, …
60 percent of high school students who drink, binge drink: “More than 1 in 4 high school students and adults ages 18 to 34 engaged in a dangerous behavior known as binge drinking during the past month, according to the findings from a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report shows …
State-Specific Trends in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adults – United States, 2000 -2009, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)September 10, 2010 / 59(35);1125-1130 “A diet high in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk for many leading causes of death (1–3) and can play an important role in weight management (4). Healthy People 2010 …
“The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) October 4, 2010 charged the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency of serious legal and procedural violations in its withholding of performance data about how the agency is enforcing the immigration laws. The deficiencies, detailed in a letter TRAC sent the agency {October 4, 2010], involve ICE’s violation of …
United States Courts Electronic Public Access Program PACER Service Assessment Findings September 2010: “A year-long assessment of the Federal Judiciarys electronic public access service, PACER, found a high level of satisfaction overall among users.The study, conducted by an independent consulting firm, was designed to gauge users satisfaction with the Public Access to Court Electronic Records …
